heaving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heaving	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for heaving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heaving n an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" Synonym(s): heave, heaving breathing heavily (as after exertion) Synonym(s): panting, heaving the act of lifting something with great effort Synonym(s): heave, heaving throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" Synonym(s): heave, heaving
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heaving \Heav"ing\, n. A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing. --Addison. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heave \Heave\, v. t. [imp. {Heaved}, or {Hove}; p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, As. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. h[84]fva, Dan. h[91]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. [?] handle. Cf. {Accept}, {Behoof}, {Capacious}, {Forceps}, {haft}, {Receipt}.] 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak. Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick. 2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. 3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead. 4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. --Shak. 5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. --Thomson. {To heave a cable short} (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. {To heave a ship ahead} (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. {To heave a ship down} (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. {To heave a ship to} (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. {To heave about} (Naut.), to put about suddenly. {To heave in} (Naut.), to shorten (cable). {To heave in stays} (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. {To heave out a sail} (Naut.), to unfurl it. {To heave taut} (Naut.), to turn a